The money you'll raise...
The team you'll build...
The Sunday Services you'll execute...
The people you'll attract...
The baptisms you'll witnesses...
The babies you'll dedicate...
The weddings you'll officiate...
The small groups you'll start...
The life change you'll see...
The growth you'll experience...
The compliments you'll receive...
The challenges you'll overcome...
The leaders you'll develop...
The conferences you'll attend...
The impact you'll have...

It will all be very fulfilling. But, it will never be enough.

Though you may think that your deepest longings and desires will be satisfied through the accomplishments of your ministry, it is a lie that you must not allow yourself to believe.

If you believe this lie, your ministry will become like a drug addiction and your efforts will only be a means to experiencing your next high. The problem is, it will never be enough.

No amount of money, baptisms, changed lives, growth, leaders, or influence will satisfy you.

True and complete satisfaction comes not from accumulating the work we do for Christ, but from enjoying the work Christ did for us.

Christ's work to save you.
Christ's work to redeem you.
Christ's work to cleanse you.
Christ's work to justify you.
Christ's work to adopt you.
Christ's work to choose you!

Christ's work for you will satisfy you like no work for Him every will!

The irony is, the more in awe, wonder, and reverence we are of Christ's work for us, the more effective our work for Christ will be! The more satisfied we are in Christ, the better positioned we are to lead others to experience the satisfaction of Christ! The more at rest we are in what Christ has already done for us, the more at rest we will be in accomplishing what we have yet to do for Christ!

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. Colossians 2:9-10